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re: Godzilla (1998) - Biggest Hollywood marketing campaign that resulted in a failure?
Posted on 3/31/24 at 9:49 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 3/31/24 at 9:49 pm to Jack Ruby
I remember the commercial with Godzilla stepping on a T-Rex skeleton. Got me excited for the movie. Even though Godzilla ended up just being an oversized T-Rex and the babies being Raptors I overall liked it. Mathew Broderick was horrible casting though.
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Posted on 3/31/24 at 10:07 pm to Jack Ruby
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Jurrasic Park
The success of “Jurassic Park” really shaped GINO’s movie.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 10:11 pm to 3nOut
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I did walk out of the one with Cranston in it for 5 minutes.
That was the best one in the last 25 years.
I haven’t seen minus one so take that with a grain of salt.
“Godzilla Minus One” is a great movie, not merely a great Godzilla movie.
However, many in the Millennium series are better than Legendary’s 2014 attempt, so is Toho’s 2016 “Shin Godzilla.”
My enjoyment of “Kong: Skull Island” retroactively made me like the 2014 movie. However, the rest of Legendary’s efforts have left a lot to be desired.
All in my opinion.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 10:55 pm to Jack Ruby
Everyone had this soundtrack
Posted on 3/31/24 at 10:59 pm to Jack Ruby
I remember the marketing campaign. Puff daddy. Would have been 15 at the time. I remember watching it when it got released to video and not being overly impressed. I couldn’t have told you who the lead was if it wasn’t in this thread.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 11:40 pm to Jack Ruby
One of the all time greatest advertising campaign's for a huge blockbuster. But yeah this movie was dead on arrival. I recall when the movie came out everybody was pissed because it just wasn't Godzilla.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 12:16 am to Jack Ruby
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CGI for Godzilla was beyond terrible
Posted on 4/1/24 at 12:37 am to Jack Ruby
Godzilla made money, but it should have made more. If you want to talk 90s box office failures, Waterworld, The Postman, and Cutthroat Island were all much bigger bombs.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 1:31 am to Sasquatch Smash
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many in the Millennium series are better than Legendary’s 2014 attempt, so is Toho’s 2016 “Shin Godzilla.”
I wouldn’t put any of those films move 2014. The closest I would pick would be final wars which was still cheesy at times. Well besides Shin and Minus one of course
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 1:32 am
Posted on 4/1/24 at 5:49 am to Jack Ruby
There are two modern monster movie scenes that stand out to me. The early part of Godzilla where the fishermen are out on the pier and snag a big one, and the scene in Jurassic Park where you hear the heavy thuds and the occupants in that vehicle see the ripples in the water glass. You know something huge is coming.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:46 am to 3nOut
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I haven’t seen minus one so take that with a grain of salt.
It’s one of the best ever
Posted on 4/1/24 at 7:04 am to Jack Ruby
As a kid I enjoyed this. Probably haven't seen it in 20 years though. I still make jokes that the taxi in that film is the toughest vehicle in cinema history. It goes through everything. Even drives out of Godzilla's mouth.
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 7:06 am
Posted on 4/1/24 at 7:08 am to Jack Ruby
The best part of this film was the teaser trailer where the t-Rex skeleton gets stomped on and the tag “Size does matter” was used to show how this was going to be greater than Jurassic Park.
Then the movie came out, and it wasn’t.
Then the movie came out, and it wasn’t.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 7:54 am to Michael T. Tiger
The only think I can really remember this movie is the closing shots of the eggs under Madison square garden.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:41 am to Jack Ruby
listened to the soundtrack a ton in high school. no shelter by rage against the machine is randomly on there 
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:43 am to 1999
It did have a bad arse teaser though. It was an old man fishing and you should hear and feel something under the water
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:58 am to Kafka
That’s not really CGI. That’s old school.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 8:59 am to dawgfan24348
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I wouldn’t put any of those films move 2014. The closest I would pick would be final wars which was still cheesy at times. Well besides Shin and Minus one of course
The 2014 movie is pretty boring (same can be said for “Shin”), though it has been a while since I’ve watched it. And, if I recall, they don’t have a good focus on the giant monster action most of the time, and instead focus on the humans around it. Usual complaint from Godzilla movies.
“Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack” (2001) is better, title withstanding.
The two Mechagodzilla films from the Millennium series are better.
I do love “Final Wars,” but I’d say it’s better because it’s so crazy and has so much in it. Plus, Don Frye is “great” in it.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:04 am to Sasquatch Smash
saw this movie my senior year of high school, and i even remember who i saw it with (shout out to Justin!). this is the first movie i can remember goign to see in the theater and really being like, wow this is not a good movie. started out pretty strong, as i recall, but by the end it was just a big ol' mess that wouldnt end. literally havent seen it since then, but i still remember the stupid babies.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:24 am to Sasquatch Smash
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I do love “Final Wars,” but I’d say it’s better because it’s so crazy and has so much in it.
Hey... Godzilla plays baseball with Zilla... it was worth it for that along.
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